Perl question / Alias question

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  1. DeadlyBreakfast, Jul 23, 2003

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    Ok, So im playing around with Perl. Ive made a quick little proggie. No problem. My question is , is there anyway to make an alias that will start the terminal then start the program for me?
    Thanks!!
     
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  2. scan300, Jul 23, 2003

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    Applescript can launch an app for you and run UNIX line commands using the "do script" command.

    eg
    Code:
    tell application "Terminal"
activate
do script (your commands here)
end tell
     
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  3. DeadlyBreakfast, Jul 23, 2003

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    Great!! Ill try it out ..Thanks!!
     
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  4. DeadlyBreakfast, Jul 23, 2003

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    Ok that got me most of the way, I just need to figure out how to cd to my perl directory then execute the "perl conversion" command.

    Thanks!!
     
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  5. Doctor Q, Jul 23, 2003

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    If you want to use a sequence of Terminal commands, you can put them in a shell script file (e.g., file /Users/myname/myscript), give the file execute permission (with the command chmod ugo+x /Users/myname/myscript), and then have AppleScript invoke the script rather than invoking a single Terminal command.

    --- Example ---

    Applescript:
    tell application "Terminal" to do script "/Users/myname/myscript"

    File /Users/myname/myscript:
    #! /bin/sh
    cd /Users/myname/perlstuff
    ...perl conversion command...
    ...other commands...
     
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